every spring [comprehensive]

Jia Yuanchun said: "Mother is talking about asking Baochai to put down the sign? But I remember that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, His Majesty also specially asked people to reward Baochai's things. We will privately call out the people who are named. She put down the sign, I'm afraid it won't work."

Mrs. Wang said: "They are wandering around under my nose all day long. It's not what you think. There is some great opportunity that caused His Majesty to fall in love with Baochai, a yellow-haired girl. I'm afraid Baochai has never seen Shengyan at all. Neither did she at that time. Knowing what happened, I suddenly rewarded that moon cake, and there was nothing more to say after that. Besides, I want to betroth Baochai to Baoyu. If she doesn’t keep her place in the small election, she won’t be able to marry freely , I don't have precious jade in my eyes, I just want to climb high branches."

Yuan Chun said: "Mother has made up her mind? But according to the old lady's intention, she brought up sister Lin from her aunt's family since she was a child. It is clearly to fulfill her and Baoyu's intentions. Mother, is this going to be against the old lady?" ?”

Mrs. Wang said: "To tell you the truth, I have been under the control of this old lady for most of my life in the Jia family, and nothing else. Baoyu is my only son. I am the master of his marriage. I can't marry one. I don’t know how many more days I can live if I’m sick, the daughter-in-law I don’t like is back!”

Zhi Mu is not like a daughter, Yuan Chun has always known that Mrs. Wang is as kind and gentle as a Buddha in front of people, but she is actually an extremely strong person inside.If you have a goal, you must achieve it at all costs. Just like sending her into the palace at the beginning, she was delayed until she was 20 years old and refused to show her that she was going to leave the cabinet. How many times have you been selected and sent to the palace? Only in the palace can there be today's Xiande concubine.

Mrs. Wang said: "Besides, I looked at it coldly. Baochai is a hearty and capable person. She is no worse than you in everything. If she is really allowed to enter the palace, and if she is your cousin, the emperor will give her extra favor for it. If she overshadows you in the future, what should I do! Wouldn’t we be breeding tigers for trouble!”

Mrs. Wang said so much, but the last sentence touched Jia Yuanchun's heart. Jia Yuanchun was not favored in the palace. The emperor didn't pay much attention to the affairs of the concubine's harem. So far, no one has been able to be favored by the concubine. The theory caused all the people in the harem to serve under the queen obediently.

No matter it is the Mid-Autumn Festival or any other festival, all the rewards are within the rules or approved by the empress. If Xue Baochai enters the palace, she will stand out because of nothing but the fact that the emperor personally sent mooncakes. Can't prevent.

Jia Yuanchun said: "I've made a note of this matter, and now there is no draft, for no reason, and no one in their family made a mistake, so they just said that they dropped the brand. It must be all over, mother's concern is."

Mrs. Wang nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, then Madam Lao will remember that you will have to pass on a decree to Baoyu's marriage in person, so as to break the old lady's mind." Finally reached a consensus with Yuan Chun, Mrs. Wang is considered A stone from the bottom of my heart was removed.

Yuan Chun said: "By the way, I heard that Baochai and Prince Yi's residence are on good terms?"

Mrs. Wang said: "There is such a thing. Before Pan'er went to the northwest, he somehow got into the eyes of Prince Yi and worked in Prince Yi's mansion. So Baochai is often called by Prince Yi Fujin to talk to relieve boredom."

Jia Yuanchun said: "Since she has this kind of fate, it can be seen that she is also a good person. It's a pity that she has such connections. It's better to let me use them. The next time my mother enters the palace, she can bring Baochai with her. I will be with her." Let's talk, let her build a bridge between me and Prince Yi Fujin, if I can form a relationship with Prince Yi's mansion, I will be more stable in this harem, maybe the emperor will see it differently."

When Mrs. Wang heard this, it was obvious that this matter was very important to Yuan Chun, so she said seriously: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will just bring her here next time. If you have any orders, your Majesty can just tell her."

After an autumn rain and a cold, Lin Daiyu has been coughing again recently. She is weak and doesn't like to go out much.Xue Baochai didn't want her to treat herself as a sick beauty, because she had a heart disease in her heart, and no matter how much medicine she took, it would be useless.Lin Daiyu coughed and said anxiously: "Who is going to find you again? I always have a lot of trouble this spring and autumn, and they go back as a serious matter. It's not like you don't know, but you are very busy." Come over when the time comes." He said anxiously and coughed.Baochai helped Lin Daiyu to sit up, and put a pillow on her back, while Zijuan was a little shy and said, "Ms. Hui, I am the one who went to find Miss Bao."

Lin Daiyu said anxiously again: "I knew it was you. Apart from you, no one in our house treats me like a paper doll. Why are you asking Sister Bao to do it? She is always the busiest at this time." At that time, I still couldn't sleep well, so I wanted to toss her to our Xiaoxiang Pavilion."

Baochai said: "Don't blame her, Zijuan is a good girl. Is it impossible to let your master's illness get worse and worse? I told her that if you have any discomfort, you have to come back to me. Your body is inherently weak, so you won’t be delayed if you discover it in time. Diseases in this world start from small to large, and you won’t succeed if you don’t take good care of it.”

Xue Baochai knew that her maids also watched people order dishes, and when she saw that it was Daiyu's maid, Zijuan, she came over to report in time.If someone else came, they might not dare to bother her.Just like the last time when Baoyu was idle at home and came to seek medical treatment for a maid in his courtyard, Fei Cui and the others stopped her.

According to what Fei Cui said to Hu Po and others in private: "Our eldest lady is too busy every day, and she still has time to go to see a doctor for his maid. If she is addicted to it, she will be fine. Any maid will dare to work." We are the eldest lady! Who is the master and who is the slave! Going once is for affection, and what is going on the second time and the third time!"

When Baochai found out about this matter, she didn't bother with the maids, nor did she go to Yihong Courtyard, thinking that if anyone got seriously ill, they would have had a fight. It's just a few coins.

Lin Daiyu burst into tears, and said: "I don't know what good deeds I did or what merits I accumulated in my previous life. With you taking care of me like a real sister, no one has treated me like you when I grow up. I, I am not sensible, and I often play petty temper with you, because... I have suffered a lot of grievances from you. But I know that even if you annoy me on the surface, you will not be angry with me in your heart. "

Xue Baochai said: "Okay, don't drop the golden beans. Since you know this, you can see that you know me. I don't want you to cry. My sister, I will find a way to make up for you. It will be fine. A little bug is not a problem at all.”

Lin Daiyu said: "What do you want? Even if I eat now, I can't eat a few mouthfuls."

Xue Baochai said: "That's why your qi and blood are getting worse and worse. You only eat a few mouthfuls of food a day, and naturally you can't keep up with what you consume. That's why I'm going to write you some food tonic prescriptions to lighten the taste. Put the medicinal materials into porridge or vegetables to cook, so that you can save your appetite from taking medicine every day, and you can force yourself to eat all your meals every day, and your body will naturally recover."

Lin Daiyu said timidly: "In this case, I will have to trouble the kitchen again. The old lady, madam, and Sister Feng won't say anything, but I am not their serious master of those girls. Tell me what."

Xue Baochai smiled and said: "You are so transparent on weekdays, why are you acting stupid today? As long as you give some money to the sister-in-law who is in charge of the kitchen, she would like you to cook a small stove every day so that you can increase your income every day. How can there be so much money?" It’s worth talking about, but it’s your own overthinking.”

Lin Daiyu heard it, "Sure enough, this is the truth. Maybe I've lost my head from crying recently, so I don't have a good idea."

Xue Baochai said: "Since you regard me as your elder sister, I have to teach you a few words again, not to mention the bad words of the maidservants below, even the people above you will say that you are not good, so what The mouth grows on other people, you can still control what they say, let me see, what they like to say! It's not worth affecting your own health, you should just live your life as usual."

Lin Daiyu took Baochai's hand and said, "My dear sister, if we can stay together for a long time, that would be great."

Xue Baochai said: "Usually you like to part and not to get together. Why did you make an exception for me today? It can be seen that people's hearts are biased. But if there is something really, I'd better tell you first. If not, it will be like someone else. I'm afraid Are you angry at me."

Lin Daiyu said: "Why is it so solemn? You just tell me, I'm not angry with you!"

Xue Baochai said: "Because I was too busy with business matters, I brought my uncle's younger brothers, sisters and aunts over. It will be here in the next year. After they arrive, I will no longer be able to stay with them in the garden. Move to Xue's old house."

"What? You're moving out?" Lin Daiyu's eyes turned red again when she heard that. She was extremely surprised. "It's not like me. You have a brother, a mother, a house, a land, and a business. You can move out at any time! Just leave me here!"

Over the past few years, Lin Daiyu has become very dependent on Baochai. Although the two are not related by blood, she feels that Baochai treats her closer than many relatives in Jia's mansion.Although Lin Daiyu would play petty temper occasionally, she also knew that Baochai would not be as knowledgeable as her, and would never really get angry with her, which even Baoyu could not do.

Baochai said: "Don't cry, it's not like we won't see each other again. We also live in this capital city, and we don't have many streets away. You can get there in a while by carriage. If you want to meet, it's still the same." .”

Seeing that she was crying uncontrollably, Xue Baochai teased her and said, "It's not easy to want to be with me for a long time. If you marry into our family and become my sister-in-law, then you can be together for a long time from now on!"

Lin Daiyu spat and said angrily, "He's talking to you seriously, but you're here to make fun of me!" Lin Daiyu turned her eyes, thought of what to say to her, and said, "Even if I marry into your family, I will really be with you for a long time. Can't be together? Don't you need to leave the cabinet? "

Xue Baochai shook his head and smiled, "You don't understand."

Lin Daiyu was asking: "I don't understand what, I'm afraid you're the one trying to deceive me!"

While they were talking, the person who opened the curtain outside the door said, "My aunt is here!"

Lin Daiyu and Baochai got up quickly, and Mrs. Xue took the little girl to see Daiyu with a few bags in her hands. Seeing that Baochai was here, she looked at Lin Daiyu's red and swollen eye circles.Mrs. Xue thought she had been wronged again, and joked: "What's wrong with Miss Lin? I'm so sorry, could it be that your elder sister Bao bullied you?"

Xue Baochai refused and said: "Mother! When you see this girl, you don't have a daughter in your eyes or heart!"

Lin Daiyu said angrily: "Auntie, look at this precious girl, she just wants to act like a baby in front of me and bully me, a motherless woman!" As she spoke, she couldn't help crying again.

Originally, it was just a joke, but when Lin Daiyu saw Aunt Xue and Baochai together, she touched her orphan feelings again, and thought that they would move away soon, making her even more helpless.

Mrs. Xue always felt sorry for Daiyu, so she put her arms around her and said, "You think my aunt only loves your elder sister Bao, but in fact I love you even more. You see, this is a high-quality bird's nest newly delivered from the shop. I think you are frail. , it should be boiled and eaten, but I didn’t keep it for your sister Bao, so I sent it here.”

Lin Daiyu quickly tried tears and said: "Save it for my sister to eat, my aunt and sister think so, how can I bear it!"

Mrs. Xue said: "If you feel that you can't afford it, just be my goddaughter and call me mother, then you can afford it."

Mrs. Xue has an easy-going nature, and she was very kind to the children. She also learned about Lin Daiyu's experience from Baochai. This child is poor. In life, if she can take care of her, she will take care of her more, so Lin Daiyu has always been close to her.

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she still hesitated, so she knelt down and called her godmother.Mrs. Xue helped her up with a smile: "It's all right now, we are all a family, and there is no need to be courteous. I will set up a table tomorrow and invite the old lady and the others to eat. It can be regarded as an announcement to everyone. From now on, you are also my daughter, and your sister Bao is not the only sister, who usually has no one to talk to."

On the second day, when Mrs. Jia was speaking, Mrs. Xue brought up the matter solemnly, saying that she would recognize Daiyu as her goddaughter, and that she would hold a banquet to summon the people in the mansion.

Mrs. Jia has always loved Daiyu very much, because she has no father or mother, and she became an orphan at a young age, even surpassing the three granddaughters in her family. Hastily said: "Auntie, is it true?"

Mrs. Xue said: "Of course it is serious. Miss Lin has come to meet us Baochai, and she is so attractive. I have thought about it for a long time, but I am afraid that it will be too abrupt to say it rashly. She will be my daughter." , I must love her a lot, let her have what Sister Baochai has, and she must have what she has."

Mrs. Wang, who was at the bottom, frowned when she heard this, and complained that Mrs. Xue didn't tell her first. In the old lady's room, everyone was in high spirits. How could she pour cold water on it.

Jia Baoyu was happier than anyone else: "Didn't Sister Lin now have a mother, a sister, and a brother, an old ancestor? Let's ask Sister Lin if she is willing. If she is willing, it's not a great thing to have the best of both worlds." !"

Lin Daiyu was with Sanchun and others, and when she heard about herself, she got up with a smile and said, "Yesterday I already kowtowed to call my godmother, old ancestor, it's too late for you to make me change my mind today!".

When Jia's mother saw Lin Daiyu, she was willing to agree, and Wang Xifeng joked, "This is really a happy event! What's even better is that I thought there would be no banquets this month, but I didn't expect to have one more meal thanks to my sister and aunt." Drink and eat!"

Jia Mu smiled happily and said, "Listen, this monkey's aunt has an extra daughter, she doesn't care, she only cares about whether she can have a drink or not!"

Mrs. Xue said: "Baochai said that everyone is used to the taste of the cook at home, and I'm afraid they have eaten everything. She has not been free for a few days, but she specially invited two Songhes from Gulou Avenue. The famous cooks from Lou came back and asked them to prepare a few tables of banquets with the ingredients we prepared ourselves, and also changed the taste of the old lady."

When Jia Mu heard this, she became even happier, "It's good to change the taste. I've heard that Songhe Tower's dishes are good, but people don't like to go out and walk around when they are old. I haven't eaten it for a while, just like what Feng girl said. Said, let's take advantage of Yu'er's light to eat once!"

Lin Daiyu officially recognized Mrs. Xue as her godmother under the witness of everyone.

Shi Xiangyun's uncle was promoted to a high official in another province, and he wanted to take office with his family. Jia's mother was reluctant to bear Shi Xiangyun, so she kept her and took her to live in the garden.With Shi Xiangyun who can liven up the atmosphere, the garden immediately became lively again.Originally I lived with Baochai, but seeing that Baochai got up early and went to bed late every day, I didn't have time to play with her, so I couldn't stay for a few days, and went to Daiyu's Xiaoxiang Pavilion again.

As soon as she arrived at the Xiaoxiang restaurant, she felt that Daiyu's food was very different from theirs, "Sister Lin, what is this? Why does it have a special smell? What kind of food is this? I've never eaten it before!" Looking around, most of the dishes and bowls on the table are not recognizable.

Shi Xiangyun said: "Okay, let me catch the current situation now, the old lady is too partial to you, so she just gave you a little trouble!"

Lin Daiyu said: "Eat yours! You don't stop when you eat. No wonder some people say you are a talker. I am a medicinal diet. Of course you are not good. This is specially prepared by Sister Bao. I ate it for half a month. , I feel much stronger.”

Shi Xiangyun said: "Give me a taste too!"

Zijuan said: "Although this is a medicinal diet that smells fragrant, it has some medicinal materials in it. Miss Shi is not sick or in pain, so don't eat it! I really want to eat it. Why don't you ask Miss Bao to prescribe some medicines specially suitable for you?" your."

Daiyu also laughed and said, "Why are you like Baoyu? That idiot will eat it too!"

Xiang Yun said listlessly: "Forget it. I'll ask her later when she's free. It's better not to bother Sister Bao now."

Xiangyun lived with Daiyu, and Baoyu was close, only a few steps away, and he would run over if he had nothing to do.Sometimes he came over early in the morning before the sisters woke up.Trapping the two girls under the blanket, although they were very innocent and had no other intentions, just joking like they were children, the Xiren in Baoyu's house took it seriously, and went to report to Mrs. Wang, euphemistically saying that they hoped Later, Baoyu was moved out of the garden to live in. Now that the girls are all grown up, besides their brothers and sisters, there are also cousins, so they should start to avoid suspicion.

After hearing Xiren's words, Mrs. Wang felt that she was really thinking of Mrs. Wang and Baoyu. She raised her monthly money from one tael to two taels, which was regarded as a monthly rule with the aunts in the mansion. Opening up and crossing Ming Road, but it will be a matter of time to give Xiren to Baoyu. This month's money rises, everyone is like a bright mirror in their hearts, and many people have gone straight to Xiren to congratulate Xiren.

It had been a long time since Baochai found out about this, and I heard gossip from the maids at home, saying that the maids in Jia’s mansion have their own ambitions: there are those who swear to their death not to be aunts like Yuanyang, and there are also those who preempt them like Xiren. in position.

Xue Baochai ordered Xiaohong: "Go and send a plate of newly acquired lychees to Yuanyang, and just tell me what I said. I haven't been free recently, and I don't know about her business. I just heard about it today. Let her relax. I'll go see her when I'm free here."

After a while, Xiaohong came back and said: "Sister Yuanyang asked me to take her to thank the girl first, saying that there is no reason for a girl to visit her. She is free at the old lady's side, so she came to thank the girl in person." Yuanyang took advantage of the time when the old lady was taking a nap, and hurried across the garden to thank her. "Thank you, Miss Bao, for thinking about it. What kind of lychees do our servants eat? It's useless for me. I got a good thing, so I came here to thank the girl face to face."

Xue Baochai put down the business in hand and said, "Sister Yuanyang, this is too alien. I asked them to deliver something, but I have an excuse to talk to you. It's not worth it when you come here at noon. If If I had known this earlier, I would not have asked people to deliver things.”

It was Hu Po who came to serve tea, and the mandarin ducks got up to meet each other. Baochai said, "Sit down quickly, you don't come here often, since you do, let them wait on you for a while."

Yuanyang just sat down and said: "Miss Bao, I have never understood what you mean, and I just came to talk to you to thank Lizhi for the reward. Ever since the incident where I contradicted the old man , others are afraid of offending the Eldest Master, so they stay away from me if they can, and there are a few who are not afraid of the Eldest Wife, like the Second Grandma and the others treat me the same way. The Eldest Wife even has an enmity with me. Eyes are not eyes." Baochai's plate of lychees, in the eyes of Yuanyang, is not just something to eat, but also a support!

Baochai said: "I know you have your own spirit, but there is no need to stand up to them. The old lady loves you and treats you like a granddaughter. No matter how unhappy the elders are, they can't do anything to you."

Yuanyang frowned slightly, and said: "I don't know, if there is good luck, let me walk in front of the old lady, if not, it's a big deal, I'll cut my hair and go to the temple to be an aunt! It's better than being a concubine for this or that. .”

Baochai sighed and said: "You are such a clean and chaste person, it's a pity that you were born into a girl. But what I despise the most is a person who doesn't know how to fight and is blindly swayed by fate. It's just a person's identity. It doesn't matter anymore. So after hearing about you, let the girl go and talk to you for peace of mind, and I will look for you later. "

Yuanyang asked curiously, "What does Miss Bao want from me?"

Baochai said: "I know that except for those who devote themselves to the Buddha, no one wants to be an aunt if there is another way. Let's also meet each other. How do you think you will follow me in the future?"

Yuanyang was taken aback, but also felt a little moved: "But, my father and mother are both slaves of Jia's family. How can I go with the girl?" The wife is so kind to her, but after the old lady dies, she will never let her go with the character of the old man, let alone the aunt who promised now, she is a slave, maybe she will be tortured die.

Baochai said: "I know that the old lady can't leave you, and you can't leave the old lady. I don't want to win people's love. The old lady is getting old. If any old lady wants to die in the future, I will ask my aunt I asked you to come, and when the time comes, you either want to go out and be free, or you want to stay at home with me, whatever you want."

Yuanyang's face was already full of tears and she knelt down and said, "Miss Bao, if I really have this good luck, you will be my benefactor in this life!"